Update #2 – Rebecca Bryn
Last year, I revisited all my published titles and edited them. . . It took several months but was worth doing, and I enjoyed reconnecting with my characters. Continue reading Update #2 – Rebecca Bryn
Tag: Historical Fiction
Buy This Book: Help Veterans and Horses
You will not be disappointed, either by plot, by character development or by the sheer quality of the writing. Continue reading Buy This Book: Help Veterans and Horses
A Date With . . . Cathy M Donnelly
For decades I thought of joining a coven and training to become a witch Continue reading A Date With . . . Cathy M Donnelly
It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!
That’s what makes a great writer, according to Rebecca Bryn and she should know, being one of the greatest. Her work deserves much wider recognition. “For Their Country’s Good” would make a TV series to rival “Poldark” and “The Dandelion Clock”, which I had the privilege of reading pre-publication, has echoes of Michael Morpurgo’s “War Horse”. Writing that comes from the heart, with deep emotional overtones and well developed characters, will always captivate me as a reader. Ms. Bryn does that brilliantly. via It’s not what you know, it’s who you know! Continue reading It’s not what you know, it’s who you know!
Writers and Readers don’t always Understand Each Other
This post from Rebecca Bryn resonated with me because I recently received a couple of critical reviews of Strongbow’s Wife. In one case the writer of the review kindly e-mailed me pointing out a couple of minor period details that I got wrong. The other claimed to have had his faith in the book destroyed by the appearance of a minor character who aspired to write ‘poetry in the Greek fashion’. Impossible in Medieval Britain according to my critic. Trouble is he was a real person who did indeed write epic poetry emulating Homer. Rebecca is definitely one of my … Continue reading Writers and Readers don’t always Understand Each Other
A Date With . . . Graham Watkins
we spent three days sleeping in our hire car, living on marmalade sandwiches, before being rescued by military helicopter. Continue reading A Date With . . . Graham Watkins
Honest Hearts is Going Wide
The weight of his wet clothes dragged him under and there was no longer any visible evidence of his existence. Continue reading Honest Hearts is Going Wide
A Date With . . . Rebecca Bryn
As a small token of my respect for the victims and survivors of the Holocaust, each year I donate royalties earned during Holocaust week to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to support Holocaust education. Continue reading A Date With . . . Rebecca Bryn
Mist and Mysticism
faith is a wonderful thing and is deeply comforting to many people Continue reading Mist and Mysticism
BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Scary Anthology UPDATE: The Box Under The Bed
Be warned, there’s lot’s of hyperbole in this colourful sales pitch about the anthology that includes my tale about a real ship called Francis Spaight. However, if all the marketing effort around The Box Under The Bed results in sales – and more people noticing my other books – who am I to complain? Source: BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Scary Anthology UPDATE: The Box Under The Bed Continue reading BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Scary Anthology UPDATE: The Box Under The Bed
